/*
* $Id$
* This file is a part of the Arakhne Foundation Classes, http://www.arakhne.org/afc
*
* Copyright (c) 2000-2012 Stephane GALLAND.
* Copyright (c) 2005-10, Multiagent Team, Laboratoire Systemes et Transports,
* Universite de Technologie de Belfort-Montbeliard.
* Copyright (c) 2013-2016 The original authors, and other authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package org.arakhne.afc.vmutil;
import java.util.Comparator;
import org.eclipse.xtext.xbase.lib.Pure;
/**
* This comparator permits to compare two class objects.
*
* @author $Author: sgalland$
* @version $FullVersion$
* @mavengroupid $GroupId$
* @mavenartifactid $ArtifactId$
* @since 7.0
*/
public class ClassComparator implements Comparator<Class<?>> {
/**
* Singleton of a class comparator.
*/
public static final ClassComparator SINGLETON = new ClassComparator();
/** Construct a comparator.
*
* @see #SINGLETON
*/
protected ClassComparator() {
//
}
@Pure
@Override
public int compare(Class<?> o1, Class<?> o2) {
if (o1 == o2) {
return 0;
}
if (o1 == null) {
return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
}
if (o2 == null) {
return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
final String n1 = o1.getCanonicalName();
final String n2 = o2.getCanonicalName();
if (n1 == n2) {
return 0;
}
if (n1 == null) {
return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
}
if (n2 == null) {
return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
return n1.compareTo(n2);
}
}